<p>British prime minister has now agreed to structured dialogue on reparatory justice but issue remains off formal Chogm agenda</p><p>British officials initially insisted that discussions of reparations for slavery should not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Antigua and Barbuda – and even warned that Andy Burnham would not attend the meeting if the subject was formally included, according to a leading Caribbean political figure.</p><p>Ralph Gonsalves, a former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and a senior figure in the reparatory justice movement Repair Campaign, welcomed Britain’s decision to enter structured dialogue on reparations, but said the UK had come “kicking and screaming” to the conversation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/01/uk-was-vehement-slavery-reparations-should-not-be-on-commonwealth-summit-agenda">Continue reading...</a>
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UK was ‘vehement’ slavery reparations should not be on Commonwealth summit agenda
<p>British prime minister has now agreed to structured dialogue on reparatory justice but issue remains off formal Chogm agenda</p><p>British officials initially insisted that discussions of reparations for slavery should not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Antigua and Barbuda – and even warned that Andy Burnham would not attend the meeting if the subject was formally included, according to a leading Caribbean political figure.</p><p>Ralph Gonsalves, a former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and a senior figure in the reparatory justice movement Repair Campaign, welcomed Britain’s decision to enter structured dialogue on reparations, but said the UK had come “kicking and screaming” to the conversation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/01/uk-was-vehement-slavery-reparations-should-not-be-on-commonwealth-summit-agenda">Continue reading...</a>